The beginning of 2020 saw the global spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a
systematic closure of national borders across the world, which we refer to as the …

Even though efforts have been made in recent decades to revive urban areas in the
European Union (EU), the contemporary challenges that mostly large cities face require …

This paper examines the design and implementation process of Integrated Strategies for
Sustainable Urban Development (ISUD), as well as their main effects and lessons learned in …

This work aims to shed light on the contribution of the Cohesion Policy to the urban
dimension of Portuguese cities. This research is based on a case study of Porto. The results …

The article focuses on the impact of the new re-bordering, caused by the COVID-19
pandemic, on the functional, ideational and institutional dimension of cross-border …

Sustainable development is a key feature of national, European Union and global
development strategies. The main research goal is to provide evidence on how impactful …

This paper presents a potential 'theory of everything'for regional development processes
which can be applied to development and cohesion policies. Denominated as strategic …

ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) has been developing a model for urban intervention
since the 1980s, which we refer to in this study as the Integrated Sustainable Urban …

Sustainable urban development (SUD) gained prominence after the launch of the
Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030), countering imbalanced growth that was …

Environmental sustainability has been a key policy goal of the European Union (EU),
particularly under recent EU Cohesion Policy strategic frameworks. This paper contributes to …